It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined -- every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Izaac Richards

Coriolanus felt sure he'd spotted his first mockingjay, and he disliked the thing on sight.

Ashlyn Barrett

yaya

Jup I still hate you I thought this would maybe make me understand you but it only shows you really are cruel and manipulated 

Pia 

Alyssa Weaver

Mrs. Plinth shook her head. "No. No. Your cousin's his only friend." 

How sad, thought Coriolanus. To have no friends. 

Valle Fernandez

The truth is, we were all so busy killing each other tagt we forgot how to have fun. She knows, though. Your girl.

Jasper

'It's just the kind of story that catches fire.'

'Well, you know what they say. The show's not over until the mockingjay sings,' she said.

*Maui voice* I see what's happening, yeah.

Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.

"What young brains lack in experience they sometimes make up for in idealism. Nothing seems impossible to them."

"You've no right to starve people, to punish them for no reason. No right to take away their life and freedom. Those are things everyone is born with, and they're not yours for the taking. Winning a war doesn't give you that right."

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